This year Sea Harvest celebrated 50 years since its inception and today it launched its new vessel on Quay 6 at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Fred Robertson, the Chairman of Sea Harvest and majority shareholder Brimstone Investment Corporation was present at the vessel christening ceremony and he christened her saying, “We are gathered here to name the Harvest Atlantic Peace, may she reap...

Energy multinational Shell says South Africa would be able to recoup the capital costs associated with a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal within three to four years by using the gas to replace diesel at Eskom’s open-cycle gas-turbines (OCGT) in the Western Cape.
The electricity utility spent a whopping R10.5-billion on diesel fuel in 2013/14 to operate the Gourikwa and Ankerlig facilities,...

Newly formed oil group Oiltanking MOGS Saldanha (OTMS), a joint venture (JV) between Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) Holdings and Mining, Oil and Gas Services (MOGS), has been granted environmental authorisation for the development and construction of a R2-billion commercial crude oil blending and storage terminal, in Saldanha Bay.
The approval, which was granted by the Western Cape Department of...

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Proposed Provision of a third tippler and associated infrastructure.
Transnet SOC Ltd proposes the provision of a third tippler and associated infrastructure in the Port of Saldanha to ensure the current iron ore export volume of 60 million tons per year are sustained during the refurbishment of existing tipplers.
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The Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) in Saldanha Bay is beginning to yield benefits for the province with the arrival of a large oil rig that will be serviced at the port.
MEC for finance Alan Winde said yesterday the docking of the Sedco 700, belonging to the Nigerian-based multinational oil company, was good news for the Western Cape.
This was clear evidence of the interest foreign investors have...

National oil company PetroSA and energy and chemicals group Sasol were set to explore a block on the West Coast of South Africa after teaming up for the first time in a decade.
A technical cooperation permit (TCP) agreement between the parties will enable the exploration of Block 3A/4A – a 19 066 km2, 100-m- to 500-m-deep block within the Orange basin, along the country’s western shore.
“The...

SOUTH Africa is missing an opportunity to grow the west coast oyster and mussel farming sector, as the sector’s expansion is hampered by red tape, incomplete implementation of financial support policies, slow processing of mandatory product safety sampling and poor facilitation of access to global markets, according to research released on Friday by the University of Stellenbosch.
Another hindering...

State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has ordered a new tugboat and pilot boat for South Africa’s largest natural deep-water port – Saldanha – in the Western Cape.
TNPA, a division of Transnet, awarded preferred bidder status to Damen Shipyards Cape Town to build the vessels, which would include a ship-handling Stan Tug 2006 and a Pilot Cutter 2706.
The vessels were scheduled for...